Loudon Wainwright III – A Year (Guitar)

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The only time I've seen you was about a year ago

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I was afraid to hold you but I wanted you to know

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I touched your tiny perfect hand before I went uptown

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I didn't pick you up because I'd have to put you down

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For reasons that don't make much sense and you won't understand

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I've stayed away for your first year, it's sort of what I planned

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But I've been in your neighbourhood, sometimes just blocks away

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I didn't come to visit you because I couldn't stay

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There was a baby on a plane, maybe she was two

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And she was smiling at me I was not sure what to do

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I've kept my distance from you a year's much more than a while

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And so I looked away from her too ashamed to smile

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When I saw you last year, I knew that there was no mistake

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Amazing things can happen why just look what life can make

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But life can get so hard sometimes some feelings can't be tamed

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And people get so angry frightened and ashamed

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You've been a sort of secret for a year I've told but few

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Although I'm sure that where you are so many must love you

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And I've passed by your window but haven't dared look in

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Although I know I'd love you too, I'm too scared to begin